How to Manage Your Negotiating Team

 Last week we did a team negotiation for the Connecticut Valley School. During the negotiation, our team used the Aligning your own teams interests. For this debate, we were on teams and had to meet with our team first before we met with the group. For this first part, our smaller team had to agree which parts of the school to allocate our money towards. In the small groups, we all agreed upon the science lab, pool, and hockey rink. It stated in the article that last year they put all of their focus on the athletics and the teachers did not like that. Once we met with our small team and decided which was best for us, we then met with the other small teams. We generally all had the same interests and agreed quickly where to allocate our money. 

Next, our team did not use the simulate the negotiation part. We did not have certain people contribute into the conversation. Instead, everyone had their fair share in talking. We did not assign anyone certain roles for when to talk and what to talk about. We heard everyone out who was speaking and contributed when needed. 

Finally, our group did participate in implementing a shared strategy. When we were by ourselves in our small groups we all agreed on what we needed to for our small groups. When we met up with our big groups, we also were able to agree on most things quickly. All three small groups shared their common interests. After we shared our common interests, we made sure that we implemented that shared strategy. 

Our group did well at being able to negotiate. We were able to listen to everyone who wanted to talk and were able to give feedback as well. 

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